Even when there's little going on....

I LOVE finding out about different ways to appreciate the Sun and light in general. Use this forum to post your info or questions about various outside the mainstream ways to appreciate our life giving star!
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There's usually something to see.
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The usual tradeoffs, low stray light, high spectral purity and tunability but lower resolution.


Observing the Sun with complex optical systems since 1966, and still haven't burned, melted or damaged anything.
Not blind yet, either!
Light pollution? I only observe the Sun, magnitude -26.74. Pollute that!
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nice to see your post
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These are excellent Joe. What bandwidth are you running at here?


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Excellent SHG images, Joe.

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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Once again you demonstrate the excellent capabilities of the SHG system. Well done!


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Thanks, guys. I don't get as much time in on this as I used to, another unrelated project is taking up a lot of my time, but for a good cause. The bandwidth is 0.3 Angstroms. Seeing was good yesterday, 2-3 arcsec, and little haze or smoke.


Observing the Sun with complex optical systems since 1966, and still haven't burned, melted or damaged anything.
Not blind yet, either!
Light pollution? I only observe the Sun, magnitude -26.74. Pollute that!
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Wow! these are incredible, well done! :bow
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